Life cycle assessment of a community hydroelectric power system in rural Thailand

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2799-2808

  Pascale, Andrew ^a   Urmee, Tania ^a   Moore, Andrew ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PE International Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydropower; Life cycle assessment (lca); Micro hydro; Rural electrification; Thailand

Indexed keywords

HYDROPOWER; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MICRO HYDRO; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; THAILAND;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; RATING; RURAL AREAS;

LIFE CYCLE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FINANCIAL MARKET; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; STAKEHOLDER; TRANSPORTATION;

THAILAND;

EID: 79957845578     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.04.023     Document Type: Article

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